Douluo Continent: Dragon Shadow Rebirth

After escaping from the Falling Star Tower, the surrounding mountains and forests became extremely quiet, and the air was filled with tension. Qin Feng and his group quickly passed through the forest, away from the ancient ruins full of mysterious power. Although Zhang Meng was injured, he still looked confident, as if the previous battle was just a warm-up.

"Did you see that? I looked so cool just now!" Zhang Meng endured the pain and said with a beaming face, "The guy in the black cloak didn't expect that I could fight back, and I ended up knocking him away with one punch!"

Ye Li rolled her eyes at him, with a hint of ridicule in her tone: "I really didn't expect it - but it's not because of how powerful your attack was, but because he didn't expect you to be able to stand up."

Zhang Meng curled his lips and retorted: "This is not a question of whether I can stand up or not, it's my amazing resilience!"

"You are holding on to your end." Chu Tian added with a smile, "If we hadn't retreated in time, you might have been stabbed into a sieve by the enemy's dagger."

Zhang Meng waved his hand in a heroic manner: "Hey, this is called courage! A good man is not afraid of injuries. The one who can hold on at the critical moment is the winner."

Qin Feng listened to their jokes and smiled, but he quickly put away his expression and looked into the distance again. He knew that even though the battle just now had come to an end, their enemies would never give up easily. Moreover, they had already grasped the specific location of the dimensional gate, and those mysterious forces would definitely not let them monopolize this information easily.

"We have to find a safe place as soon as possible." Qin Feng whispered, interrupting everyone's conversation, "Those mysterious people will catch up soon."

Ye Li nodded, her tone solemn: "They acted very quickly, they must have known that we found the location of the dimensional gate. We can't stay here for too long."

"But where should we go now?" Chu Tian looked around. "The forest is so big, the enemy may come from any direction."

Zhang Meng patted his chest and snapped his fingers: "Don't worry, I'm here! I have a great intuition about the terrain - look over there!" He suddenly pointed in a direction of the forest and said with confidence, "There is a path over there, we can follow it and get rid of those guys!"

"Why do you think that road is safe?" Ye Li looked at Zhang Meng with some confusion.

Zhang Meng chuckled: "That's called experience! I've run so many times, and even though you guys always laugh at me for running around, my intuition has never been wrong."

Qin Feng looked thoughtfully at the direction Zhang Meng pointed, and finally nodded: "Okay, let's go that way. However, we must be careful and be ready to deal with pursuit at any time."

So, everyone followed the direction pointed by Zhang Meng, passed through the dense forest, and began to move forward towards the unknown path. Zhang Meng walked in front, as if he was the "leader" of the team, with brisk steps and a confident face.

"Zhang Meng, you'd better not let us fall into the trap." Ye Li walked behind him, with a hint of helplessness in her tone.

"Don't worry!" Zhang Meng waved his hand nonchalantly, "I have a feeling that this road will lead us to a perfect hiding place!"

However, not long after walking, Qin Feng suddenly stopped and raised his hand to signal everyone to stop.

"What's wrong?" Chu Tian asked in a low voice.

"I feel something is wrong." Qin Feng frowned and looked around, his tone full of vigilance, "There is a strange smell in the air... like some kind of rotten smell."

Zhang Meng sniffed and frowned, "It's a bit strange, but isn't this a common smell in the forest? It could be some rotten leaves or animal carcasses."

Ye Li squatted down and carefully examined the ground: "No, it's not ordinary decay. The smell is too strong, like the traces left by some large creature."

Qin Feng stood up, his eyes heavy: "If my judgment is correct, this is most likely a creature from the dimensional rift. We are already close to the edge of the rift."

"Dimensional rift?" Zhang Meng's face suddenly became a little nervous. "Are you saying that there might be that kind of monster nearby?"

Qin Feng nodded: "It is very likely. The energy fluctuations of the dimensional cracks are unstable, and creatures in the cracks will occasionally escape. The monster we encountered on the top of the tower just now should be one of them."

"What should we do now? Continue on this road?" Chu Tian asked.

Qin Feng thought for a moment, and finally said: "We can't turn around. If the dimensional crack is really ahead, we have to confirm its location first. After all, our mission is not only to escape, but also to find the dimensional door and learn more about the crack."

Zhang Meng swallowed his saliva. Although he still maintained an indifferent expression on the surface, he was obviously a little nervous inside: "Okay, then I will continue to be your 'pioneer'! But if there really is a monster...you have to protect me!"

Ye Li couldn't help but smile: "Don't worry, we won't let you run too far."

As they continued to move forward, the atmosphere became increasingly tense. As they went deeper, the stench became stronger and stronger, and the strange feeling in the air became stronger and stronger. Suddenly, a low roar came from the distance, the voice was hoarse and carried an indescribable sense of fear.

"Did you hear that?" Qin Feng whispered, "There is indeed something ahead."

Zhang Meng's pace obviously slowed down, and there was some hesitation in his eyes: "Uh...should we really keep going?"

Qin Feng nodded: "Of course. This road may be the key to our approach to the dimensional gate."

Not long after they walked forward, the woods gradually became sparser, and the rotten plants on the ground became more obvious. Finally, they finally passed through a bush and saw an open space in front of them. In the middle of the open space, there was a crack emitting a faint blue light. The air around the crack seemed to be constantly twisting, as if it was attracting everything around it.

"Dimensional crack!" Qin Feng said in a low voice, with a hint of shock in his eyes.

Zhang Meng stared at the crack with his eyes wide open, and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air: "I knew we were in big trouble this time!"

"We must find the exact location of the dimensional gate as soon as possible." Qin Feng said, "Once this crack expands further, there will be more and more creatures in the crack, and the situation will get more and more out of control."

Ye Li quickly observed the surroundings: "We must find a way to bypass it and not let its energy fluctuations affect us."

Just as they were discussing countermeasures, the air near the crack suddenly became more distorted, and then a huge monster crawled out of the crack. The monster was covered with dark scales, with strong limbs, scarlet eyes, and a low roar from its mouth.

"Another one comes!" Chu Tian drew out his sword in an instant, his eyes full of vigilance.

Zhang Meng clenched his weapon, gritted his teeth and said, "Looks like I, Zhang Meng, will have to rely on you again this time!"

Ye Li quickly took position, ready to deal with the monster's attack at any time: "Be careful, this thing looks more difficult to deal with than the last one."

The monster roared and pounced on Zhang Meng. Zhang Meng was quick-witted and immediately raised his weapon to block its attack, but the powerful impact still made him step back a few steps.

"Damn, this guy is so strong!" Zhang Meng gritted his teeth and continued to resist the monster's attack.

Qin Feng quickly scanned the monster's body, looking for its weakness: "This monster is different from the previous ones. Its scales are thicker and its defense is stronger, but the joints of its hind limbs seem to be its weakness!"

"Hin limb joint, got it!" After hearing this, Chu Tian quickly moved to the side of the monster, looking for an opportunity to attack its hind limbs.